{"id":944,"date":"2010-07-13T13:53:04","date_gmt":"2010-07-13T13:53:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pixelbase.co.uk\/?p=944"},"modified":"2014-10-09T10:14:51","modified_gmt":"2014-10-09T10:14:51","slug":"this-week-in-sap-37","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pixelbase.co.uk\/?p=944","title":{"rendered":"This Week in SAP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>OK, folks. FIFA World Cup is over and with that ended the biggest distraction &#8211; also known as football. Therefore time to regroup, rethink and rekindle our relationship with the world we know and love as &#8220;SAP Land&#8221;. Welcome back !<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Forrester&#8217;s John R Rymer <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.forrester.com\/john_r_rymer\/10-07-07-lest_we_forget_sap?cm_mmc=RSS-_-IT-_-942-_-blog_963\">sticks up for SAP<\/a> &#8211; &#8220;SAP is good enough&#8221;.<\/li>\n<li>Silicon.de joins into Rymer&#8217;s tune by emphasising <a href=\"http:\/\/www.silicon.de\/mittelstand\/0,39038986,41534539,00\/sap+bleibt+sap.htm\">&#8220;SAP bleibt SAP&#8221;<\/a> (&#8220;SAP remains SAP&#8221;). English translation <a href=\"http:\/\/translate.google.com\/translate?js=y&amp;prev=_t&amp;hl=en&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;layout=2&amp;eotf=1&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.silicon.de%2Fmittelstand%2F0%2C39038986%2C41534539%2C00%2Fsap%2Bbleibt%2Bsap.htm&amp;sl=de&amp;tl=en\">here<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Jon Reed with an excellent <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jonerp.com\/images\/stories\/media\/pcast_erplounge9_sap_reed_tetlow.mp3\">podcast interview with Skyytek&#8217;s Ray Tetlow<\/a> (download link), a SaaS Consulting Business and SAP ByDesign partner.<\/li>\n<li>Dennis Howlett with some <a href=\"http:\/\/accmanpro.com\/2010\/07\/12\/so-you-want-to-be-a-saas-consultant\/\">food for thought for all those who want to be SaaS consultants<\/a>. Dennis does a great job of reflecting on parts of the Netsuite\/ByDesign\/Salesforce consulting model. It means a new way of working and making dosh &#8211; on several levels.<\/li>\n<li>Reality Bites: Thomas Wailgum&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/advice.cio.com\/thomas_wailgum\/10992\/reality_bytes_the_cio_strategery_nightmare_during_m_as?source=rss_Thomas_Wailgum-s_blog\">pledge for a more instrumental role of the CIO<\/a> (rather than mopping up afterwards).<\/li>\n<li>SAP Me Sideways with what looks like a <a href=\"http:\/\/sapmesideways.blogspot.com\/2010\/07\/practice-what-you-preach.html\">follow-up<\/a> on the Confidence v Ignorance post <a href=\"http:\/\/sapmesideways.blogspot.com\/2010\/07\/confidence-vs-arrogance.html\">the other day<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Richard Hirsch with an insightful SDN blog on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sdn.sap.com\/irj\/scn\/weblogs?blog=\/pub\/wlg\/19990%3Futm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A+SAPNetworkWeblogs+%2528SAP+Network+Weblogs%2529\">impacts of In-Memory Technology on Process Environments<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Eric Kimberling&#8217;s<a href=\"http:\/\/dlvr.it\/2RCwb\"> comprehensive list of ERP lawsuits<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pixelbase.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/twitter_icon-e1268596574748.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-750\" title=\"twitter_icon\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pixelbase.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/twitter_icon-e1268596574748.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Between several Twitter downtimes, I managed to capture the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/dahowlett\">dahowlett<\/a>: <\/strong>This from @<a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/twailgum\">twailgum<\/a> had me in fits of laughter: &#8220;SAP: The Big Made Easy&#8221; <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/is.gd\/dhFvR\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/is.gd\/dhFvR<\/a> <a title=\"#sap\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23sap\">#sap<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/thomas_jung\">thomas_jung<\/a>: <\/strong>One of the more useful UI  prompts I&#8217;ve seen:  <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/8gh3Mi\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/8gh3Mi<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/jonerp\">jonerp<\/a>: <\/strong>Wondering what&#8217;s next in the  wacky story of the @<a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/SAP\">SAP<\/a> Twitter account,  once possessed by a teenager with attitude&#8230;<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/ConsultantBox\">ConsultantBox<\/a>: <\/strong>Why do many SAP consultants not  want to work with SAP agents when searching for SAP jobs? <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/nblo.gs\/5CLmR\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/nblo.gs\/5CLmR<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/ddav\">ddav<\/a>: <\/strong>Check out the SAP Uber Geek app  now on the &#8216;new and noteworthy&#8217; in iTunes store!  <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/twitpic.com\/24x19b\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/twitpic.com\/24x19b<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/dparnas\">dparnas<\/a>: <\/strong>RT @<a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/scottwambler\">scottwambler<\/a>:  Certified <a title=\"#Scrum\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23Scrum\">#Scrum<\/a> Master training =  16 hrs. Starbucks Barista training = 24+ hrs. <a title=\"#agile\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23agile\">#agile<br \/>\n<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OK, folks. FIFA World Cup is over and with that ended the biggest distraction &#8211; also known as football. Therefore time to regroup, rethink and rekindle our relationship with the world we know and love as &#8220;SAP Land&#8221;. Welcome back ! Forrester&#8217;s John R Rymer sticks up for SAP &#8211; &#8220;SAP is good enough&#8221;. 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